You may earn a maximum of 3 points toward your final grade by doing the above and answering the questions and submitting them ontime (no later than Friday, October 20). Any worksheets submitted after the deadline will get a 0. You will be rewarded a maximum of 3 points if I judge your work to be above average. You will receive 2 points if your work is average, that is it may have a few minor mistakes in some of the answers but demonstrates correct grammer and indicates that some, but not all, of the answers, are acceptable and well expressed. You will earn only 1 point if you simply answered the questions and/or if you use poor grammar and if there are signs that you have not read the material on which your answers are based.
1. Describe the stasis in the play: where, when, who, what, etc. in a paragraph.
The play opens with a telling of Brenda's youth. She details her life growing up in L.A. and how this has influenced her. The year is 1966, and Brenda Wong Aoki is at the age of 13. She proceeds to introduce characters to the audience such as Kali, her Aunt Mary who has the grand rose garden, and her family. Brenda finds employment at her dad's pharmacy, a nd she regards the regular customer with such love that it could be argued she sees them more as customers but extensions of the family. This scene allows for the set up of the rest of the play's plot by establishing the background necessary to understanding the play and plot.
2. What is the intrusion?
the intrusion occurs when Brenda is moved to High School. She is in a gifted class, thus she is immediately separated form what she knew previously. She is especially worried about her relationship and time with her boyfriend Kali who is not in the gifted courses. This sets her apart from the people she knew before and pushes her to make new connections with the people in the class. Thus, the plot is propelled and creates conflict for the rest of the story.
3. What is the unique factor?
This is the day that the narrator decides to tell her story to the people. She wants to bring the audience into her world, so the audience can understand her life and situation. She is a new student in a new world. Her life is filled with experiences that many do not know of, but she wants to tell the story from her point of view many years later but set in the eyes of herself when she was young.
4. What is the dramatic question that should be answered by the end of the play?
Will Brenda ever be able to find peace in her current life instead of dwelling in the past?
Brenda examines her past instead of living n her now. Many times, this can lead to worrying over the person you have become for no reason, and Brenda recounts her past because she believes it defines her. She wants to be separated and instead find identity in her own person and not in what people saw her as years ago.
5. Provide an illustration of the two kinds of exposition that the play has in it.
Details only privy to Brenda: Of course, one Brenda understands the effect this past has had on her. I believe this is an important thing to consider due to the fact how she is so conscientious of her past. Yet, it is only her that knows what happened to her all that time ago. Her emotions and life are valid.
Details known to all: It is apparent that Brenda is not privy to the fact that Kali sold out smoke to the Drug Enforcement Agency. She learns this from Sherry when she did not originally know this. This information was not known by the narrator. From there, Brenda must inform the audience of what occurred. This is important, because Brenda is the mouth piece to the audience and what she says is the life of the story.
6. Identify the most theatrical moment in the play and of what importance it seems to be.
The shootout at the end of the play is the most theatrical moment in the entire play. As I have stated before, the simple fact that gunshots will be heard in the audience demands attention. The audience is immediately drawn in and forced to meet the characters head on as well. A shootout also establishes the prevalence of great hatred and sets the mood for the rest of the play. The audience learns that the emotions had been building up, and it was only time till the characters broke and great pain was unleashed upon the characters by each other.
7. List some of the themes of the play.
The determining of one's present by one's past. This theme is constantly examined throughout the entire play, and drives the main idea of the play. Brenda wants to get away from that past and have a new present.
Personal maturation. Brenda grows as a persona nd lady in the play. Her past has left her exposed to so much, and she wants to simply grow beyond it and escape it.
Rely on oneself.Brenda learns that she has to rely on herself. It is essential for her growth as a charter that she learns how to evolve and become a new person in the face of adversity.
8. What do the narrator want and what are some obstacles that stand in the way of her getting what she wants?
The narrator desires a new start. She has been held up in this life determined by her past. Society forces her to confront her past, and she has to fight the ideas and misconceptions of society in order to be her own person. Furthermore, she has to face individuals in her life everyday that do not let her forget what happened. They force her to stay locked up through her friendships. She has to confront whether she will abandon the friendships in order to become her own person. Brenda must also fight herself. She is confronted with her own challenges created by her own person. She determines that she must try to operate herself. She must separate herself from old and new in order to get whats she wants out of life.
9. Describe some possible images in the play and how does the title help us understand the play.
Of course, the garden is the most important symbol in the entire play. The title of the play is dependent on this garden. The garden represents the retreat that Brenda wants from the worries of her life and especially her past. She seeks solace in this rose garden to find herself, because she is seeking for who Brenda really is. This adds to the depth of the play and showcases how Brenda wants to become the ruler of her life through the extension of this garden.
10. Briefly define the family relationships that are examined in the play.
The play examines family relationships as a young and older person. Brenda has a good relationship with her family as a youth, but she is restricted in her actions with her family as an adult. As a child, she does not have this innate sense to her her own person because she depends on her family. Yet this completely switches when she is old enough to think for herself. Familial bonds are always evolving, and the choices we make now determines how we view family in the future. Brenda now does not have the best relationship, and this is due to the events of her past and childhood.
Queen's Garden Worksheet
You may earn a maximum of 3 points toward your final grade by doing the above and answering the questions and submitting them ontime (no later than Friday, October 20). Any worksheets submitted after the deadline will get a 0.
You will be rewarded a maximum of 3 points if I judge your work to be above average. You will receive 2 points if your work is average, that is it may have a few minor mistakes in some of the answers but demonstrates correct grammer and indicates that some, but not all, of the answers, are acceptable and well expressed. You will earn only 1 point if you simply answered the questions and/or if you use poor grammar and if there are signs that you have not read the material on which your answers are based.
1. Describe the stasis in the play: where, when, who, what, etc. in a paragraph.
The play opens with a telling of Brenda's youth. She details her life growing up in L.A. and how this has influenced her. The year is 1966, and Brenda Wong Aoki is at the age of 13. She proceeds to introduce characters to the audience such as Kali, her Aunt Mary who has the grand rose garden, and her family. Brenda finds employment at her dad's pharmacy, a nd she regards the regular customer with such love that it could be argued she sees them more as customers but extensions of the family. This scene allows for the set up of the rest of the play's plot by establishing the background necessary to understanding the play and plot.
2. What is the intrusion?
the intrusion occurs when Brenda is moved to High School. She is in a gifted class, thus she is immediately separated form what she knew previously. She is especially worried about her relationship and time with her boyfriend Kali who is not in the gifted courses. This sets her apart from the people she knew before and pushes her to make new connections with the people in the class. Thus, the plot is propelled and creates conflict for the rest of the story.
3. What is the unique factor?
This is the day that the narrator decides to tell her story to the people. She wants to bring the audience into her world, so the audience can understand her life and situation. She is a new student in a new world. Her life is filled with experiences that many do not know of, but she wants to tell the story from her point of view many years later but set in the eyes of herself when she was young.
4. What is the dramatic question that should be answered by the end of the play?
Will Brenda ever be able to find peace in her current life instead of dwelling in the past?
Brenda examines her past instead of living n her now. Many times, this can lead to worrying over the person you have become for no reason, and Brenda recounts her past because she believes it defines her. She wants to be separated and instead find identity in her own person and not in what people saw her as years ago.
5. Provide an illustration of the two kinds of exposition that the play has in it.
6. Identify the most theatrical moment in the play and of what importance it seems to be.
The shootout at the end of the play is the most theatrical moment in the entire play. As I have stated before, the simple fact that gunshots will be heard in the audience demands attention. The audience is immediately drawn in and forced to meet the characters head on as well. A shootout also establishes the prevalence of great hatred and sets the mood for the rest of the play. The audience learns that the emotions had been building up, and it was only time till the characters broke and great pain was unleashed upon the characters by each other.
7. List some of the themes of the play.
8. What do the narrator want and what are some obstacles that stand in the way of her getting what she wants?
The narrator desires a new start. She has been held up in this life determined by her past. Society forces her to confront her past, and she has to fight the ideas and misconceptions of society in order to be her own person. Furthermore, she has to face individuals in her life everyday that do not let her forget what happened. They force her to stay locked up through her friendships. She has to confront whether she will abandon the friendships in order to become her own person. Brenda must also fight herself. She is confronted with her own challenges created by her own person. She determines that she must try to operate herself. She must separate herself from old and new in order to get whats she wants out of life.
9. Describe some possible images in the play and how does the title help us understand the play.
Of course, the garden is the most important symbol in the entire play. The title of the play is dependent on this garden. The garden represents the retreat that Brenda wants from the worries of her life and especially her past. She seeks solace in this rose garden to find herself, because she is seeking for who Brenda really is. This adds to the depth of the play and showcases how Brenda wants to become the ruler of her life through the extension of this garden.
10. Briefly define the family relationships that are examined in the play.
The play examines family relationships as a young and older person. Brenda has a good relationship with her family as a youth, but she is restricted in her actions with her family as an adult. As a child, she does not have this innate sense to her her own person because she depends on her family. Yet this completely switches when she is old enough to think for herself. Familial bonds are always evolving, and the choices we make now determines how we view family in the future. Brenda now does not have the best relationship, and this is due to the events of her past and childhood.